Thoughts on this? Reading this it feels almost like seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. For years I projected a lot of this discourse onto myself, possibly as a way to mask over my own gender identity issues.
I held back every response I could think of because I didn't feel like I could convince someone I was bringing it forward in good faith. But if we bring up our trans comrades in the context of this dialogue I feel like we could really be taken seriously. Like it opens up so many opportunities for solidarity.
What am I missing here? What do you folks think?
Are we not on the internet?
We are, but remember your words have power! (sorry, I can't quite tell how serious/sympathetic your comment is, I'm not trying to attack you here)
After a while of seeing those memes in combination with reading about people's very believable experiences with toxic masculinity, I overdid it and became very withdrawn and mired in the fear that I would be seen as "part of the problem".
Which now that I think about it, there were times where I definitely did not notice my attention was unwanted, and looking back on those instances I would validate my self-loathing. Needless to say, dismantling the patriarchy in favor of some positive role-models and depictions in media probably would have saved me and the women who I affected some grief.